J. M. Winchester v. North British & Mercantile Insurance
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. George E. Church, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff in a suit upon a contract of insurance for loss by fire.
The property alleged to have been destroyed consisted of certain walnuts which, at the time of the fire, were stored in a room of a dwelling-house in the city of Los Angeles. The suit was for seven hundred dollars, the full amount of the policy. Judgment was rendered as prayed.
The court found that before the fire the nuts were of the value of $958.50; that the total value of the nuts not entirely destroyed by fire was not in excess of one hundred and fifty-five dollars; and…
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